Is it possible to print out the text from a .txt file in pyhton?

[jakeeee]

For example..

print "text.txt"

Then it would print out the contents of the text file.
i know that wouldnt work, but like thats what I want it to do..
Any ideas fellow ubuntu users? :)

[Compyx]

http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide

[nvteighen]

Well, it's one of the first things you usually learn in Python. Look up the 'open()' built-in function (not 'os.open()' which is something else).

[wmcbrine]

print "text.txt"print file("text.txt").read()

[soltanis]

Python list comprehensions: oh exploitable.



import sys

def write(x):
sys.stdout.write(str(x) + "\n")

[write(x) for x in file("file.txt").readlines()]


Not actually useful though, you should really use the method mentioned above this post. Just proving that there's always another (convoluted, yet somehow more functionally satisfying) way to do it.

[lavinog]

print open('textfile.txt').read()




open(...)
open(name[, mode[, buffering]]) -> file object

Open a file using the file() type, returns a file object. This is the
preferred way to open a file.

Not sure why it is preferred though.

[wmcbrine]

Personally I prefer to use "file" instead of "open" whenever I don't match it with an explicit "close", but that's just me.

[jakeeee]

Thanks guys(: